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Teach Yourself With These Free Online Education Sites

Truth is, there are an amazing number of ways you can get a quality educational experience online, without ever having to fork over any cash. The cost of a college education is pretty remarkable these days, and not everyone can afford to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a degree from an Ivy League school (especially in this economy). But nearly everyone can afford the cost of an Internet connection, or even a library card.

Named one of Time Magazine's top 50 websites of 2011, Yale's open courses allow anyone to browse through lectures and course materials that range from engineering and chemistry, to astronomy, sociology, Spanish, history, and more. But that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to free online classes. Here, a list of places to point your web browser for free classes online, so you can soak up all the knowledge your brain can handle.

MIT OpenCourseWare — With over 2,000 courses available at your fingertips, MIT OpenCourseWare should be your first (and maybe your only) stop in online learning.

Online Education Database — This website offers up a list of 200 free classes you can take online. Take some physics classes and learn about the phenomenon of superconductivity, or retake that algebra class you struggled with in high school.

OpenCulture — This website offers up a list of free classes from top universities like Stanford and UC Berkeley, and even some video lectures you can find on YouTube.

Home study and distance learning doesn’t have to be solely about getting a degree. There are numerous other online education resources that can be utilised simply to enhance one’s skills for personal gain or to make you more attractive to employers. Besides its degree programs, e-learning giants like the University of Phoenix or Kaplan offer many non-degree courses. Alison.com is another valuable site as they offer hundreds of free online courses the caliber of which countless other sites charge for. Of course one could always go to the good old library and read a book.

4 years

Thanks Kristy!!! I never heard before these type of sites....I look forward to fully browsing these site